DARLINGTON'S Spanish signing Jonatan Sanchez-Munoz is in contention to make his debut at Luton on Saturday.

The Malaga youth product who can play in defence or as a defensive midfielder could have made his debut against Mansfield at the weekend after his international clearance went through on Friday night.

Manager Mark Cooper admitted that he wished he had named Sanchez-Munoz on the bench after Quakers lost 2-0, and the 21-year-old is very much in the reckoning for Kenilworth Road following Darlington’s bitty performance against the Stags.

Cooper is currently trying to help the Spaniard get settled in off the pitch so he can be productive on it.

He said: “His English is getting better. He knows ‘head it’, ‘kick it, ‘tackle’, ‘run’. He is a good lad and his mum is coming over for a few days to cook for him.

“We’ve definitely got to get him settled off the pitch. We are trying to get him sorted in a flat, get his girlfriend over.

“I know a tiny bit of Spanish. Colin Galloway, the club secretary is good.”